Big Words Project Awarded Phase II FundingWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Karen Erickson (Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences) has received funding for Phase II Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities proposal. The project, Big Words II: Computer-Based Decoding Instruction is largely due to the efforts of Dr. Penny Hatch, Project Director of the Phase I grant, during her first two years on faculty at the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (CLDS). Dr. Penny Hatch Dr. Hatch’s leadership during this Phase I effort that yielded the results critical to obtaining Phase II funding. Dr. Kristin Nellenbach also played a major role in writing this Phase II grant as part of her post doc work this spring. Together, their efforts resulted in 3 years of funding ($886,355 total) to complete the development of this software that teaches students to decode words with multiple syllables using a morphological approach. Over the next few years they will be completing the software and running a randomized clinical trial with 100 students with high incidence disabilities in middle and high school. |
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